Junior high romcom have the market cornered on a certain species of unforced cuteness. Read more
Digests
Weekly Digest 10/19/25 – Spy X Family Season 3, Ranma ½ (2025)
Almost without fail Spy X Family is better when it’s about something than when it isn’t. Read more
Third Impressions Digest – Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru Oota-kun (Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota), Toujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai (Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider)
It’s a long time into the distant and hazy past now, but I still remember the Samurai Flamenco experience very well. Read more
Third Impressions Digest – Shabake, Sanda
I could go either way with both of these “S” series, but for totally different reasons. Read more
Second Impressions Digest – Sanda, Shabake
They may both have one-word “S” titles, but these two shows could hardly be more different. Read more
Weekly Digest 10/05/25 – Spy x Family Season 3, Ranma ½ (2024) Season 2
Talk about a cat-atonic state. Read more
First Impressions Digest – Kao ni Denai Kashiwada-san to Kao ni Deru Oota-kun (Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota), Toujima Tanzaburou wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai (Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider)
Two overachievers is a good way to start the Sunday madness. Read more
Weekly Digest 7/29/24 – Nyaight of the Living Cat , Hotel Inhumans
The genius here continues to be the clash of survival and nekozuki instinct, with the latter seeming to win every time. Read more
Weekly Digest 07/28/25 – Ame to Kimi to (With You and the Rain), Fermat no Ryouri (Fermat’s Cuisine)
I’ve always thought anyone who pursued that line of work was crazy. Read more